2026 Black Box Casting Notice Guidelines
Gallery Players is seeking submissions for its upcoming non-equity Black Box New Play Festival which runs from January 15th-25th.
Co-producers: Sue Glausen, Alex Rogals and Dominic Cuskern
We strive for diversity in casting. All races, ethnicities and orientations are strongly encouraged to submit.
The festival will feature the following plays:
DESERT ANIMALS
by Stephen Dierkes
Director, Miranda Simon
Seeking: Mitch, Dan, Linda, Louis, Rev. Haak, Penny, Brian, Nora, Nancy. These characters can
be of any race and any adult age.
FOUR WHITE CHAIRS
by William C. Woxlin
Director, Mark Harborth
Seeking: MILLICENT Davies: the supervisor, female, 30’s-40’s, AUTUMN Hazel: female, 20’s-30’s, DREW McKenzie: male. 30’s-40’s, LAWRENCE Russell: male, the rookie, 30’s-40’s, HILARY Foot: the courier, any age, any gender
THE WATERFALL SCENE
by James Nelson
Director, Felisha Heng
Seeking: Annalise: a writer (over 30), Beth: her friend (over 30), Steven Senson: male, a publisher (over 30), Ellie: female, a writer (20’s)
TELL ME WHEN IT’S HIGH NOON
by Mark Eisman
Director, Mark Gallagher
Seeking: Larry, 33, Keith, 35, Patricia, 34, Gary 33
POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE
by Tom Rowan
Director, Jordan Westfall
Seeking: Margaret Curtis Campbell (63), Kipp Campbell, her son (33), Joanie Campbell, her daughter (29), Felix Altman, an editor (36)
GENETIC FUNK
by Constance Humphrey Egan
Director, Jon Gellert
Seeking: Jennie: mother (late 40’s) wicked sense of humor, battling Huntingdon’s disease, Sophie: her daughter (20’s), Tracy: Jennie’s elder sister, financial advisor, no-nonsense
CONFIDENCE COURSE
by Evan Manning
Director, Graydon Gund
Seeking: Jay: 29, introverted, has psychological scars from a harrowing event, Graham: 29, spirited, flippant, barely holds his self-destructive tendencies at bay, Derek: 29, tech consultant turned local politician, Adrian: 29, firefighter, daredevil whose easygoing demeanor hides a deep insecurity
The festival takes place over two weekends. The performances for the first weekend are January 15th-18th. Tech for that weekend starts on Sunday, January 11th and continues on the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the evenings. The second weekend performs January 22nd-25th. Tech starts on Sunday evening, January 18th and continues on the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
Each director will see actor submissions and will contact actors for callbacks. It may be that several directors will want to see you. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, November 9th during the day except for The Waterfall Scene which will be held on Sunday, November 2nd.
There is a one-time stipend of $50.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please email a taped one-minute monologue (either comic or dramatic) to: dominic@galleryplayers.com
Include a resume and a headshot.
Submissions must be received by 11.59PM on Monday, October 27th.
Highlights from Season 58 Black Box New Play Festival
Production photos by Kat Vecchio
“Words can’t express what I feel right now. What a special two nights I just had. Sitting with friends and strangers and watching 2 hours of my work in a theater full of love and support for my writing. This whole process has been not only fun but important because I learned so much from seeing OCEAN PLANET staged and realized. What a special memory. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for believing in me and producing this weekend of my plays.”
– Brett Epstein, playwright